If you head over to the official site, you can see the countdown in real time. You can actually click on the Phantom Cigar, which will speed up the time. But don’t get too excited – this function is ‘unavailable’, the iDroid tells us. Well played, Konami.

IGN is also teasing ‘big MGSV’ news, planned to be unveiled at the same time, together with a special message from Hideo Kojima. It seems very likely the announcement is regarding the long awaited release date.

Update: Looking through the source code reveals the words ‘release date’ and ‘preorder’.

I wonder what it’s a clue to. It fast forwards 20 minutes. Maybe it’s just a troll, you know like “you wish this worked don’t you?”

Big_Boss88

HELL YEAH! Give me a trailer 😀 !!!

Even if Master Kojima is not going there, we still might get something amazing 🙂 ! I’m 95% ultra hyped now, but saving that remaining 5% for any possible disappointments.

Shalashaska

Exactly.. i was skeptical because there is no news of kojima being there? is there? Only that Robert guy from MGO.. Yes he is an important guy ofcourse – But for a release date.. you’d think kojima would be there.. maybe it IS a MGO beta announcement or perhaps a release window rather than a proper date. Although.. there could be possibilty that kojima is staying back for KJstation.. who knows.. either way.. is there any news on him being at GDC ?

Hahahaha that one with the boat made me almost choke from laughing….ahhh gawd my sides XD

Shalashaska

hahah same here.. all that died out when i saw Emma watson’s though.. Damn.. she looks Gorgeous. I can stare at that Gif. All day 😀

MrVux007

yea i want to bang her to 😉

prothy

I think this is it.

flying_fox

“Function unavailable”… :'(

Alberto Sánchez

HOLY SHIT

Alberto Sánchez

These KojiPro guys love trolling their own fans with those traps like the fake Phantom Cigar.

By the way, I like these things a lot. LOL

vic boss

I’m super hyped right now. A week ago I was playing MGS1 again (the liquid fight is hard as fuc*) less than a week ago I was playing mgs4 again. Right now I’m playing mgs3. I cannot be more hyped for this game to come out.
: http://youtu.be/xD24tTUnLkg

Edward Wokhands

I played through 1, 2 and 3 and just started Peace Walker. Then I’ll move onto 4. Hopefully the release will be soon enough for me to start GZ again the day before release.

Big_Boss88

Enjoy <3!

Edward Wokhands

Thanks, I’ve never played PW properly so this is basically my first proper playthrough. I’m worried about it being too different to enjoy but the story seems cool up until now.

vic boss

Bro, I was just like you the first time I played PW, at the start is a little bit weird getting used to the gameplay, but once you do is one hell of a game, believe me I bought the hd collection back in 2012, and I didn’t like PW gameplay. it wasn’t till the legacy collection came out that I played PW properly.

Kol Leqejza

the story is the weakest part of the game. gameplay is solid. and in co-ops it’s just great.

Kol Leqejza

why this odd order?

vic boss

Well I wanted to play Solid’s games but not too long ago I played mgs2 so I didn’t want to play that again and mgs3 because I have a lot of data saves and I wanted to clear one so I can play it from the very beginning, then play peace walker and GZ just before TPP comes out.

RoderickThe13

I don’t really care if it isn’t the release date as long as it isn’t something like the chicken hat.

Oh s**t! Sp cd_preorder_sp.png is a Steam image? Oh man, so we’ll be able to pre-order which means a release date! Please, please don’t let the wait be more than 3 months. I hope it’s April but am not expecting it.

Big_Boss88

Thanks for the info!

LiquidCampbell

You’re Welcome! 😀
Look, There was an update for GZ and TPP in SteamDB exactly six days .

Shalashaska

same for the xbox although im not too sure about it .. will get back to you with a picture if i can

Cartmangus

Holy shit, this bodes well for the PC release. I’ve been crossing my fingers so fucking hard for a simultaneous PC release since I don’t have a PS4. PLEASE let this happen, I would be so happy with that news.

Edward Wokhands

Be wary though. If you look at the CSS code there’s “.releasedate” and “.releasedate .pc” which, to me, implies a separate date. I hope I’m wrong and that it doesn’t mean anything, maybe they’ll just have the same date for both but if that was the case then surely they’d just put “For PC and consoles on blah the blahth 2015” and use the .releasedate for all references to date. I actually built a gaming PC especially for this game -_- but if it comes out for PC later than PS4 then it looks like I’ll be owning more than one copy.

Derrik Touve

I believe you are wrong. The “.pc” and “.sp” classes seem to represent the platform they are being viewed on, so I think in this case, PC means Desktop, SP means Mobile (smart phone?).

Just take a look at the “.bg” class on the main page, which has the background with Big Boss’ head on there. If you inspect it, you will see that the “.bg” element is displayed, the “.sp” element is not.

Take a look at the background filenames and the images themselves, you will see where I’m coming from.

But does this rule out that PC and Console versions will come out at the same time? No. However, I do see that the filename for the preorder image (which will replace the “2015 OUT” image) starts with “cd_”. Take that as you will.

Edward Wokhands

Ah yeah, you’re right. I really do hope that it releases on the same day. I’d prefer the PC version. GZ is still the best looking game I’ve ever played.

Yofiel Malachi Yacov

The steam update is nothing serious. Its more steam than konami. The kojipro crew said they were done patching the game back in January has to put resources towards back to work on mgo

Kojima should watch the fuck out, if this isn’t release date he would be actively betraying mankind, too much psychological torture, anguish and suffering because of this man, this is the last straw, if this announcement isn’t fucking release date he’ll need to enter some kind of FBI protection program to save his ass from the rage of fans. WATCH OUT!

Oh my F****NG GOD. I can’t explain the genuine excitement I’m feeling right now. They’ve never done a countdown for anything else have they? It’s usually just “we’ll have a little more info for you.”

Adding a countdown to this implies a release date announcement. Holy craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap. I’m so happy to see this. I was genuinely thinking that we’d hear nothing at GDC. I’m going to hope that Kojima does what nobody has done with a AAA game and announces it for like 3 weeks from now. More likely it’ll be 2-3 months. Any longer than that and I’ll honestly lose my hype a bit again but at least we’ll know how long the wait is.

Birthday Brother! I was hoping to take that whole week off to play TPP. It would be a heck of a B-day gift, but I don’t see it happening.

Mini gear

happy birthday at then, mines the 24 🙂

mikeyyytexas

Mine is March 17th *crosses fingers and chants “I’m lucky”*

Edward Wokhands

For anyone who’s seen Leon: The Professional, you know the scene near the end with the grenade? The way Leon roars? I just did that when I saw the countdown.

flying_fox

I will save that roar for the actual release date. 😉

Edward Wokhands

I’ll be doing a Gary Oldman “EVERYONE” impression when we get the date.

Son of Big Boss

Kojima knows his fans are DYING for a relase date, so I think we can with 99% be sure of that this WILL BE a release date announcement, because I mean honestly, otherwise, Kojima makes himself a little bit of a douche AND that he also knows. PEOPLE, this IS the release date announcement. HOWEVER, that doesn’t mean it is anywhere near where we think it will be. NONE THE LESS, PREPARE. WE. ARE. DIAMOND DOGS.

I was gonna do that too! Maybe they added that function so the users can access the info a little earlier. It’s a strange thing to add to it, why is it there? It skips 20 minutes by the way in case you didn’t already know.

FOX

IGN

Shalashaska

Dude.. Did you realize that The sound in the Clock on the site is probaly the Game’s Idroid sound… we got a view into the idroid.. it…sounds..BEAUTIFUL.

@Nyxus:disqus @crimsonfoxMGI:disqus @eeroheikkinen:disqus @Golgari:disqus Get ready for your site to be down tomorrow If this is arelease date ;D .. No actually.. if it isnt.. there’ll still be thousands rushing here 😀 I know i will be 😀

It’s amazing how some people think it could just come out this month. I hope they don’t blame KojiPro again if this does not happen, because it cannot happen.

Anyway, Wednesday will be a glorious day for us Metal Gear Fans! :DDDD

Shalashaska

It Wont. I dont even know WHY people are thinking that .. its just gonna break their hearts :/

Raymondius

… again. :/

I do know very well some of them and they are just convinced that the game comes out within next two weeks. I just don’t mean anything with this, but they are also the only ones I know convinced that Venom is Gray Fox. I think I’ve realized that there are two really separate ways of thinking between us fans. The realistic way and the dreamer way, that use the “Kojima is always trolling” to always have their expectations up with what they desire. And that must be really really frustrating.

The hype is real this time, guys! 😀

Shalashaska

Im sure there is a release date.. there is a high possibilty to it but i HIGHLY doubt that its gonna be out anytime soon :/

vic boss

hahaha of course it won’t come out this month it would be too good to be true. But do you really believe that we are playing as the real Big Boss? I don’t know if he is gray fox but i’m 90% sure that is not the real Big Boss.

Raymondius

What I’m sure is we are playing Venom. I am sure that Venom was previously known as Big Boss because Kojima has stated that so many times. The game is meant to be like that, no matter what “No-Big-Boss lovers” desire. I’m saying I am sure of it because I am 99% convinced we are playing Big Boss. Still, in that 1% left, Gray Fox is not even the fifth character I would be thinking of.

Big_Boss88

I agree with you. I’m 99,9% certain we play as Big Boss because Kojima has been telling us these years that. It’s about his downfall etc, him becoming a threat to the entire world.

I leave that 0,1% for Kojima’s skillful surprises, like in the case of MGS2.

Shalashaska

I will throw this disc if its anyone but Big Boss. After 2 years and 3 Big boss Games.. thats what i want :/

Big_Boss88

“It’s amazing how some people think it could just come out this month. ”

hahaha didnt mean the exact words “bullshit” but i laughed so hard after seeing this that i just had to use that to comment xD

Big_Boss88

😀

Shalashaska

Now How Can I get a better “bullshit” then that?

Invader_skoodge

IF this countdown was announced a few weeks ago I would have been very exited. The last bit of hype died for me a while ago. You guys remember when there was going to be a “big” announcement during the Christmas Episode of Kojima Station? Yeah…good times huh? Even if it’s the Release Date, this hype train has derailed and the hype chopper is out of commission.

Schmojima

Ah, c’mon, it’s still a frickin countdown!
This just HAS to be good, because they are trying to re-build serious hype…

Invader_skoodge

I think I can only Hype if the game is V/V/201V Cinco De Mayo FIESTA!!!

Big_Boss88

If it don’t happen on Wednesday, then it is 100% guaranteed to be announced in E3. So lets see what happen :D. My hype is never ending!

Invader_skoodge

I was once like you. Full of excite! Riding that Hype train but every time Kojima has only given us:

wait a second. the timer says about 19 h from now. that’s not march 4. ? (I live in europe)

Bramdeman

Above the timer is a day count.

thetrooper1989

🙁 …… no!!!!

Tibor

oh shit I didn’t noticed that! thank you. man I’m stupid 😀

Bramdeman

No problem man! Now join is in our state of utter euphoria! 😀

Tibor

😀 yeah, and I thought I will have to pay for mobile internet to check the news tomorow but Wednesday is fine 😀

Bramdeman

I’m glad! I will make sure to ask for a break at work since it will be daytime for me. I was never so hyped before. It’s kinda silly. 😀

Tibor

😀 yeah we all have benn waiting so long for this. it will be daytime here as well but fortunately I don’t have school this week 😀

Shalashaska

haaa holy shit.. i didnt notice that either :'(

Guest

June 23?

Javier Sosa

June 23??

Big_Boss88

I’d love to have that as the boxart for TPP, so cool =). Or then the one with both Big Boss and Ocelot :).

Dunno about the date :P, my local stores only put 2015 lol. Anyway we see soon what it is <3…but the time need to go faster.

Javier Sosa

Sorry for put the comment 2 times. With the cellphone was a failure. Could someone delete it?

Big_Boss88

Sure no problem :), it sometime happen to me too when posting with cellphone.

Btw Javier have you pre-ordered TPP already? I’m wondering am I the only one here who haven’t XD… I’m gonna pre-order this masterpiece instantly when get date announcement and waiting for those delicious limited/special editions :D.

Mini gear

i preorderd diractly as it was possible

solidsnack

i’m also waiting for a special edition but maybe i’ll cave and get both versions. my wallet it won’t stop hurting.

Bramdeman

I consider pre ordering the ultimate chickenhound edition with the game, a real life chicken cap and a barn filled with chickens.

Javier Sosa

I’ll wait until one or two months before the release to preorder it. The picture it’s a web from Spain.

Big_Boss88

Yea that is how I usually do it too, close to release :). Okey, I guess people in Finland are lazy updating the store info in here lol, so they just use 2015.

Shalashaska

I havent .. And probably wont be doing it either 😛 Hey I love the game and all but Im Strictly against pre-ordering games ..even IF its kojima 😛

mikeyyytexas

I’m usually the same way… But I preordered for the first time with GZ and got it before a lot of people cause I went durning my lunch break but I just went ahead and pre-ordered today… In the case that this is a release date I’ll have my copy already reserved and waiting for me.

BROTHERS! IT’S BEEN TOO LONG
THE WAR IS OVER
LET THE LEGEND (HYPE) COME BACK TO LIFE
I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

V/V/201V

Mini gear

id die of happiness

Cartmangus

There’s no way this isn’t the release date. If they pull another Chicken Hat then.. actually, I won’t even be mad, that’s just impressive at this point, Kojima really taking the whole thing impossibly far.

But yeah HYPE. Hope we get to see some new footage too, but a release date is definitely good enough.

Big_Boss88

I just realized it’s been almost 2 years since my favorite trailer… I wonder how many times I’ve watched it :D.

Can’t wait to see new trailer + big reveal happening again. I pray to God that it really happens.

RevolverRoden

Man, the feels I get watching that trailer. It’s been two years? Wow. I remember this reveal like it was yesterday.
“He’s in a coma…” and “How’s he doing?”
GOD DAMN those lines send SHIVERS down my spine.

Big_Boss88

Yea about 2 years :D, GDC in 2013 was around 27th March I think.

vic boss

I know bro , almost two years, I’ve seen it countless times too . Makes one wonder if Kojima has changed anything from that trailer.

Big_Boss88

I hope he hasn’t :(… I’m really looking forward to that chopper scene. It’s just pure gold, that look on Snake’s face :O…beautiful. Also the Hospital part gonna kick ass.

Venom_Sina

I’m afraid it’s been….Two & a half years(with the voice of that doctor!!!)

God damn, been a while since I rewatched that it, probably my favorite one too. So good. I can’t wait for that hospital sequence.

Saladin

I’m fine with June as a release date, just make it as good as possible.

RevolverRoden

MAN I’m pretty scared tbh. What if
1) The announcement is a chicken hat type announcement (unlikely though considering IGN is reporting it)
MORE LIKELY is if the release date is like November 2015. That would suck
HYPEEEEE

vic boss

it has to be the release date and as long as is this year I won’t be mad because the game will be great whenever it comes out.

Venom_Sina

Praise the Lord,Praise the Lord,That’s a miracle!!!!(and some Hallelujah on the background!!!)
A mysterious trailer+release date would be nice.By the way,They’ve done a great job with the website,especially that “Phantom Cigar” thing!!!

RevolverRoden

Yeah that Phantom Cigar made me legit laugh.

CodeBox

I Just wanted to take this time to say that Metal Gear Informer is one of, if not thee best fan site I have every seen.
This community is top notch and I just wanted to say Thank You to Nyxus and all the amazing fans on here.
I’ve only been a fan of Metal Gear for only a little over a year now (I can’t believe it took me so long to experience this masterpiece franchise) and have the upmost respect for all of you fans who have been with the franchise since the beginning and all the fans who have painfully been awaiting the releases of MGSV: The Phantom Pain all these years.

Big_Boss88

Nice post and thank you :). It’s good to have more fellow MGS fans around the world in here ^_^!
Aye it’s the best community, very peaceful and respectful towards each other most of the time. I hope you enjoy staying for long in MGI :D.

Every gamer should play MGS or they are missing the greatest franchise ever!

CodeBox

Thanks for the welcome! I couldn’t agree with you more! 😀

Venom_Sina

Welcome aboard,man.I love this community too,cause people here are AMAZING.And all of us have a thing in common:”Metal Gear”.And the good thing is we can talk about this game non-stop!!!

Thanks a lot! It’s great to see how much the community has grown. Hopefully everyone will stick around even after the game has released.

Shalashaska

I SHALL! 😀 Although.. when the game releases .. pardon me if im not on for a few days till i finishthe game in peace.. i dont want to touch theinternet till im done .. spoilers will ruin the game :'(

Edward Wokhands

Yeah, I’ve made the same rule. ZERO internet until I’ve learned the full story and got a good amount of side missions finished. This is probably the only game where I won’t even look at reviews before I play it. I don’t need some ignorant, snarky, hipster reviewer pointing out the “flaws” in Kojima’s style, by the way those “flaws” always turn out to be genius in hipster’s eyes. It just takes them around 10 years to realize it.

Edward Wokhands

Something else I’ve wondered, that I’d like to do before release, what do you all think will be the tech that everyone makes fun of but then turns out to really exist or almost did officially exist in the military? Critics ALWAYS mock Metal Gear after release, claiming that the game was ruined by the “magical” technology that Kojima “shoe horned” into the game. They’re wrong. They’re idiots, I’ll summarize why.

MGS2: some critics said that drones with cameras were impossible for the time the game was set in. (¬_¬ really? How stupid are game critics? It’s a radio camera with a fan stuck to it while at the same time they overlooked Vamp.)

MGS3: they said those hover platforms were impossible. Turns out that tech existed since before the 50s and they were really stable.

Peace Walker: they said that fultoning was absurd and ruined the game. Some people said the same about 5. These people probably haven’t seen the military’s fulton test video where they literally fulton a sheep into the sky and return it to ground unharmed, (it’s on YouTube and it’s HILARIOUS and kind of upsetting) which is why Kojima did it in his gameplay demo I’m guessing.

MGS4: People said his suit and the mech robots were absurd when the military now has a suit almost finished and also have a robot that can run as fast as a cheetah and there are other robots being used in field!

The MGS team obviously do their research on the military so it’s silly to make fun of them the way the media ALWAYS does not long after a new game releases. I’m thinking of writing a full article on this subject in way more depth, if people think that it’d be something they’d like to read then let me know. I need to practice my writing and this is a subject I love.

More on MGS4: “Enhancing mood” with chemicals to make soldiers happy and content on the battlefield was actually discussed in public around 2005 by mainstream scientists, they talked about how it’s probably immoral and unethical but the military is already testing it with drugs and conditioning. So if they had nano-machines, yeah, we’ll be able to do almost everything, they will seem like magic and all I can say is that I hope that Kojima’s nano-machine head will be floating in the sky above us all laughing and shouting “NANOMACHINES SON??? NANOMACHINES SUN!!! BWAHAHAHA!!!” and he’ll start shooting laser suns out of his eyes. So let’s stop mocking MGS. You look stupid when you do it you hip dicks.

So what tech do you guys think will be in the game that people misunderstand just to make themselves look smart? I would have said fultoning again but that has already passed after the sheep fulton video where every other commenter claimed that it ruined the game because the military would never shoot sheep into the sky. Again, watch this… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsTIeZ03Hk8 it’s a kind of Fulton. Yes the tech is a little different but it proves the point that those who said it ruined the game are being idiots. Skip to 18 seconds. Brighten up your day. You’re welcome.

Jonny McLaurine

Who cares . That’s what I say. It’s not media or critics. It’s the same ole kids who complain about everything. It’s a video game and it’s not sposes to be realistic. Life is the same ole same ole all the time, I don’t need to have realism in games. Never liked games that copy real life. MGS might have some things based on real ideas but MGS in its truest form is fiction .

Edward Wokhands

Exactly, that’s why it’s so great, it mixes fiction and the real world perfectly. Unfortunately those kids who complain about everything are part of the media now. I’ll try to find the review of MGS2 where they say that drones are unrealistic, it was on a professional site.

Big_Boss88

” It’s a video game and it’s not sposes to be realistic. Life is the same
ole same ole all the time, I don’t need to have realism in games.”

This is exactly what I feel or think. I’ve told many in youtube these same words and our lives are realistic enough :).

Bramdeman

Kojima stated that technology in the MGS universe is more advanced than ours.

Even if for some reason I didn’t come back, old habits die hard, I would end up coming here every day out of habit anyway, but I’m staying regardless.

Big_Boss88

Heeeeey, you ain’t going nowhere >:D!

CodeBox

I’m not going to leave anytime soon!:)

Big_Boss88

Don’t worry Nyxus, I’ll try visit here daily when playing TPP :D.
Just need to watch for them spoilers…o_O, but it might turn out to be difficult task lol.

kirtanloorii

I’ve been lurking a long time and finally decided to start an account a couple days ago. Anyways, I love it here and consider this website to be my primary source of MGS information.

glitchbomb

Welcome good sir!

Invader_skoodge

Yeah..It’s never too late to discover great games. I think the MGS franchise is so timeless that it never runs out of new fans of the games. This community is great too.

Silverius

Me too, I love it here guys, I first discovered it lurking for phantom pain news a while back, since then ive been checking up daily.

Imre saladin

I Love u all greetings from serbia
The best Community ever

Edward Wokhands

Same here, I love this site. You’re right about this series being a masterpiece. I wrote on Reddit the other day that this is the only game series that has scarred me emotionally in a way that only movies, music and novels have done. No other game comes close to what I felt playing MGS3 and 4. If TPP reaches that same level or above I’ll cry as hard as I can. I’ll be shooting compressed water from my eyeballs like superman’s heat vision.

Venom_Sina

Wow!!! It’s really crowded here tonight.It’s raining comments!!!Whenever I look up & down of the browser,it says:”One new comment above/below”!!!

Shalashaska

The only thing other than the release date that would get people’s attention is “kojima runs naked in the streets of japan pretending to be Snake”

Daaaaamn, I salute you for writing all those numbers Mini O_O… That’s quite an accomplishment ;D!

Mini gear

Arigato boss ^_^ it helps pass the time

warnerve

if its the release date, then I shall storm my savings account and get me a PS4 and pre-order TPP.

kirtanloorii

Can you imagine how surreal it’s going to be when you find yourself playing this game, especially during the scenes featured in the trailers?

MAG V Supreme

This what I been asking and reminding everyone about. The redeem code that said come back early 2015. I hope we get a Beta code for mgo. Something now. Also the Co-Op feature needs to be announced. I am 99% sure release date will be Wednesday for the countdown. I just want Beta and Co-op announced. Thoughts?

kirtanloorii

I’m not even completely sure that MGO will be available on day one, but I do think that beta access would be good for everyone.

MAG V Supreme

This is why you must overload mgo twitter with the demand for beta. Make sure they on point. Lmao selfish me

MichaelPayneV

I’ll say it again, June 8th.

MAG V Supreme

Ill take june but the 9th is a tuesday when games usually release. So my price is right by 24 hours… june 9th bob

MichaelPayneV

Well we all know that Hideo does thing his way, so i’ll stay with June 8th until i’m officially proven wrong, then i will apologize.

MAG V Supreme

No apologies need my friend. In fact My date makes sense for the theme of the game. May 5th 2015. aka 5-5-2015 aka V-V-201V Lets see who guess correct… I prefer us both to be wrong it comes out tomorrow but as you said

Kojima is Big Boss

MichaelPayneV

I’m not apologizing because i need to, no, but because i promised that i will apologize if i’m proven wrong, all i’m doing is keeping my word, and i care A LOT about my word.

MAG V Supreme

Apology not approved. Its noble but we just shared our predictions. Sorry is when you do wrong. No harm. Wish you was right.

I could believe that. It is the only site I have seen so far to use that cover, which is a nice cover by the way.

RevolverRoden

Of course, you should take retail listings with a grain of salt, but this seems plausible. Also, yeah, I think that’ll be the cover art. Hopefully theres reversible shinkawa art like with GZ. I like that picture, but I think there could be better tbh. Still cool though.

MichaelPayneV

Actually it is September 1, so we were both wrong, but you were closer, which makes you the winner.

RevolverRoden

I STILL REFUSE TO BELIEVE
RIP V/V/201V

No Place For Hayter

Wow, it is funny to check this every few hours and see the comments increase by hundreds lol, last I checked it was at about 180, now we are at about 290, lol.

Shalashaska Has Landed

Lmao. This is my first time posting inside this article. Too many people were in here and crowded the entrance for me to get in.

kirtanloorii

Let’s see about getting it up to 300.

Big_Boss88

Don’t worry :D, the comments will never stop haha.

Rob Machado

Oh yeah..fuck yeah!

FMercenary

Hey! What’s going on in here?!

thetrooper1989

Kojima should pull a “Beyonce” on Wednesday and say “MGS V: The Phantom Pain will be released….today”.

I can post up at least 20 retail stores with all different dates… From gamestop to best buy and so on. your link is to a place I never heard of… you must work for them. Good way to advertise.

RevolverRoden

“you must work for them”
heh ok.

RevolverRoden

Also.
(Credit to the guys at Neogaf for finding this stuff out.)

John Rhogan

The problem with everybody about Phantom Pain is this: It’s not the suspense that gets to you, it’s the waiting.

I’m getting antsy and impatient about when this game will be released, but I’m not always asking about when this game will be released. I’m hoping there will a release date announcement at GDC ’15, so hold yer horses everybody.

Icosikaidigon

Wednesday? Shouldn’t it be tomorrow? It says there’s only nine hours left for me.

“It is clear that Metal Gear fans around the world are eagerly awaiting Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, and wondering when we can expect the game to be released. During episode 32 of Kojima Station, this subject came up briefly. Just a couple of days ago Ken Imaizumi told fans the studio is not ready to announce the release date yet, but during the show they stated an announcement regarding the RELEASE WINDOW is not far off anymore. KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR THE RELEASE WINDOW, not the release date.”

I can not fault you for restraining any optimism; however, the source code DOES specifically say release date… not window.

Cristian Landeros

i’ve been disappointed too many times… that’s all

Nathan Middleton

Exactly why I can’t fault you, haha.

ThisIsSnake!

Most of you Guys are gonna roast me for saying this, but I wasn’t feeling Ground Zeroes. I wasn’t even bothered about the length, it just didn’t feel like a Metal Gear game, and the controls felt wonky. The direction of the game to appeal to wider audiences has me worried. Now I don’t know whether to chance it? because I wouldn’t only be getting MGSV, it would also be a PS4. What do you guys think?

Nathan Middleton

It’s really not all that bad. It’s the ultimate form of expression.

MAG V Supreme

ps4 is best console out and worth it if you play any game. As far as MGSV I been on it since metal gear in 80s. then mgs came and changed everything. than mgs3 came and did the same. every few games Kojima evolves it all. So if you really feel its change thats a good thing. Times changes. If not we’d be stuck on 2d nintendo graphics and MGS would never change. If you think of it, Snake was super slow in past recent games. Being the greatest solider and that slow never made sense. But i can say that about alot of upgrades in mgsv. lets not dive too deep. Think of it like this. You going from a ps3 to a ps4 if nothing changed why upgrade? we all have opinions and yours isnt wrong, no matter what anyone says on here. But if you a fan of the series and just love gaming. MGSV and ps4 is 100% worth the buy. Unless you not paying the light bill than its pointless. LMAO Priorities come first and mgsv is going to be one of the best games. So yes most of us who enjoy games and mgsv will tell you go for it…. enjoy

ThisIsSnake!

I’m a Metal Gear Baby, it formed a great part of my childhood. I am, admittedly, if it isn’t broke don’t fix it kind of person. When changes have been made in MGS in the past they were good calls, because they were evolving, and not subtracting. I think MGSV will be limited on last gen, which is my reasoning for wanting it on PS4. Kojima San has always blown my mind with most of his games, so maybe feeling this way is good, because hype have killed games for me before. I will say this though, some of the concepts in terms of gameplay has serious potential in MGSV, it’s nothing like I’ve ever seen before.

MAG V Supreme

Agree with everything except ps3. Graphics and fps are only issue for last gen. Games like mario always good right? not my cup of tea but they are great games and graphics always cartoon. So fps will be the test for last gen consoles but thats why you spend the money for a next gen console… Agreed about Kojima, He always delivers. MGSV TPP should be no exception.

vic boss

Well maybe is because you didn’t play Peace walker and didn’t really feel the loss of your MB and comrades. the ending of GZ was superb and something that I think had not been done in a MGS game, I didn’t feel the way that ending made me feel since Liquid Ocelot burned “big boss’s” body in Europe in mgs4 . For me PW controls felt too weird at the beginning but once I got used to them, it turned out to be an awesome game. The PS4 is a great console and with TPP, the amount of things one will be able to do, the story, the multiplayer and also the graphics. I’d say go for it

ThisIsSnake!

It’s got a Call of Duty vibe to it, this is one of reasons why I’m worried! Controls is something MGS has always nailed, they don’t feel properly calibrated in GZ, but I think it will be addressed in TPP. I liked the controls in PW, especially the CQC, it felt fluid.

vic boss

Well everyone has their opinion and that’s fine. But for the gameplay I think is because GZ didn’t have a tutorial of the controls, for me is like they simplified and enhanced the controls and CQC. I mean now is just too easy and no so complicated to CQC someone. I know PW had also good CQC controls but it was originally a game for the psp.

Cmosfbincludestdioh

Call of Duty vibe?
Why has every game coming out these days and trys new things immediately have to be like call of duty.

Ravenous

What’s been new about any Call of Duty since before Modern Warfare 2? XD apart from weapons, killstreak rewards and maps that is…
Aaaaaanyways, I hope that TPP will have some DLC, BUT NOT the kind where the DLC is launched at the same time as the game and appears to be nothing but a cash-grab: I want actual new content to added to the game, not simple reskins or a new map for MGO per DLC

Edit: and I seem to have completely missed the whole point of these answers Oo now where did I see something about DLC being discussed?

RevolverRoden

Controls is something MGS has NEVER nailed before GZ. They were never bad, but MGS controls always had something weird going on.

Invader_skoodge

Right on. I feel the same way. I put way too much time and effort building my Mother Base in Peace Walker just to see it destroyed.

No Place For Hayter

Agreed, I love every other MGS game and played them to death, peace walker being my second favorite, but ground zeroes was off, WAY off, that being said it was off….. ok GZ was bad because it in itself was a bad idea and was butchered, and they are problems with TPP and there will be more we don’t know of but most of the problems with GZ will be fixed. While TPP just like GZ will be more directed at a wider audience thus dumbing down certain aspects for no good reasons it will still have a huge array of amazing features and just like every other MGS game (including my least favorite MGS4) will be ground breaking, so we already know MGSV TPP will not be perfect but it will still be mind blowing amazing, and while some fundamentals have changed and some things will not feel like MG I’m sure a lot of it will and even not the game itself will still be good, so in conclusion, yes you should buy it, hopefully they will announce a bundle tomorrow with the PS4. And while I find it hard to recomend a any console to anyone because I’m goona be honest here both Microsoft and Sony are retarded and I would rather not deal with either but a PS4 is a good choice because you won’t be getting the piece of crap hardware that is the Xbox One but even though the PS4 is the best hardware wise you will have to put up with Sony’s lack of software/software knowledge and their ability to never support anything, but the PS4 is the better console and Sony is the lesser of two evils so it will be worth it to get a PS4 if any. (Anyone is allowed to like anything my thoughts on the consoles are simply my thoughts and opinions, despite any facts I formed those opinions on I am in no way disapproving of or insulting anyone who thinks otherwise). So yes I think you should, it is a chance but one that will pay out positive either way but the kind of positive it is, is the chance you are taking.

Sorry for the wall of text I could do a TL;DR but I think everyone should read more, I won’t sum up complex thoughts for easy consumption, it is supposed to be hard lol.

ThisIsSnake!

Lol, you’re a legend! I couldn’t agree with you more! Lol at the Sony be the lesser evil! This off topic, but do you think Hayter’s gonna be in the game? There’s no way they can afford Kiefer for a fully spoken game, which is the reason he’s so silent, they’re already spreading across his recordings.

No Place For Hayter

🙂

It is possible that Hayter is in the game for a cameo with Solid Snake, but it is only a slight possibility, due to the nature of Hayters none return and that if there was a cameo with Solid Snake I doubt they would use Hayter due to the fact that Snake would be so young in MGSV. So while there is a slight possibility I won’t be getting my hopes up, I mean they already had Kiefer running around in GZ saying nostalgic classic lines in the MGS1 mission despite the fact that it was Hayter that said such generic lines and made them special.

That’s different content from different retailers the weapon is from GEO, the Cardboard Box is from Amazon Japan and the Mother Base Staff soldier is from GameTSUTAYA

MAG V Supreme

I just hope MGSV doesnt do what most games are doing and give us 70% of a game than sell items and characters separately. Can I get one whole game like the good old days…

Invader_skoodge

Well, we saw a glimpse of that with the Deja Vu and Jamais Vu missions. But they did the smart thing and made them available for all systems. I don’t mind things like these ones being exclusive. weapons, staff, boxes(I’m sure it’s just going to say amazon.co.jp) but if they do something like Exlusive Missions I won’t look at KojiPro the same way ever again.

MAG V Supreme

I mean a DLC is always good to continue game so it feels fresh.

Ravenous

As long as it’s not just an obvious cash-grab like a map-pack that launches at the same time as the game I can agree, I’d like the kind of DLC that actually ADDS something to the game, not just reskins and MP-maps ala Call of Duty

MAG V Supreme

Agreed

Aizo Yurei

the big announcement: Chico IS Quiet…

PrinceHeir

I already have a feeling it has something to do with that promo pic about keep your saves for future The Phantom Pain content.

Probably invitation to the MGO beta. Release date in June sounds plausible, but only 3 months of advertising?

And so those reading know. This link is real. I watched it. 7plus video of kojima speaking about mgsv. At end release date. Sept 1. Maybe tomorrow we have more info also.

Schmojima

405! ^_^

Cesare Di Maio

Here, link below

Big_Boss88

O_O OMG!

Mini gear

I just lost so much waiting burden off me

Big_Boss88

So this is the real deal lol? They will announce it tomorrow for bigger audience I guess, but if this is the real one I’M SO HAPPY . September is quite far away. IGN better not f*ck with my feelings or I will go nuclear haha.

Cesare Di Maio

no, its simply that IGN people are a bunch of stupids, i think the God’s message was this Q&A video

Big_Boss88

Alrighty, well June-November was what I expect anyway, so all is good but fantastic to finally know how long gotta wait and can stop asking for release date. SOOOO AWESOME XD.

Only problem is that I was planning to spend my summer vacation in June or July lol, hmm maybe need to save the days for Sep then :P. Anyway we see tomorrow for sure, but Sep feels like a right time for TPP.

Nintendo Fan 4 Lif3

I expected June ever since they didn’t announce an official month of release since that’s when MGS4 released. Still need to play Ground Zeroes. This better not be Kojima trolling us with another merchandise offer or something other than release date.

Mini gear

Would of preferred June but Komi,as crazy, at least we know now

Schmojima

shit, they took it down…at least I can’t access the page, shows a 404….

Cesare Di Maio

yep, video was for tomorrow

Schmojima

so, you can’t access it either?
Is it down for everybody? Damn, was just afk for like 5 minutes with the video loading in the background… but ok

Its pretty much confirmed for sept 1. Now as mgs fans lets not turn in to dogs here. We bark and chase cars all day but if we catch one we wouldnt know what to do with it anyway. All this crying about wanting a release date and we got one. I dont want to hear you cry now. You barked, chased and caught the car. Now you dont know what to do with it. Diamond dogs represent our fight. Mgsv. Tpp sept 1. Be proud soliders.

Mini gear

So what do we do for that long now?

MAG V Supreme

Go to work, school, church, gym, you name it. Spend time with love ones. Read or write a book. Learn something new. Life is short. You have to live. Like mgs1, mgs2, mgs3and mgs4. At the end they always remind the players to live. 7 months go by fast. Find things to enjoy and live snake.

Schmojima

That was actually pretty deep and inspiring! Thank you, man!

MAG V Supreme

Thanks dude i am a inspiring life coach. So i try to be a good motivator when i can or feel like it. Lmao mgs is my favorite series ever. Beyond games in all entertainment. So mgs fans are great to me.

No, man. Waiting for another 6 months is too much. : /
I wanted it for summer. July or so. In about 4 months as much.

Somehow, i’m happy that they said the release date already and for once so we don’t need to struggle our heads, but, waiting another 6 months is too much.

Maybe others will be playing Batman and other games in summer meanwhile, but i only will buy this one, so the waiting will be “longer” for me.

Have a nice day.

Solidpnk

Helloow Everybody ! =)this my first time posting here.
I’ve been coming here everyday for news.
And what knew I FOUND!!!!

what’s really crazy that SEPTEMBER 2ND IS MY BIRTHDAAAYYYYY!!!!

yepieeeee. Damn. I gotta go back to work!!

I’m so happy for us MGSFANS our prayers have been answere!!

All praise Kojima San!

Big_Boss88

Hello and welcome to MGI :D!!! Good time to post for this awesome news!
Thanks for your reply and have fun in work.

Happy for everyone too <3.

Solidpnk

good morning !! Big_boss88.
I’m sorry but I posted my reply for your comment on the areticle after this lol.
I really appreciate your kindness!

No Place For Hayter

Welcome, glad to have you. Yeah so happy with a release date I am now content I can zen the next 6 months.

That’s gonna be a nice birthday have fun, I know the rest if us will 🙂

You joined when we are going comment insane, but afterwords it will go back to normal because nobody will be asking for a release date in every article lol.

Solidpnk

Good afternoon! I hope I’m replying to your comment . I don’t want to post the reply on another article like I did by mistake to big_boss lol yes 6 months will go fast and plus there is awesome games to keep us occupied =). Batman arkham night for example .

Jeje. Thank you very much . Sadly I won’t play the game until Thursday .Wednesday TV goes to my uncle =(.

I’m going to pre ordere the collector’s edition . I’m content but I wish there was more like shinkawa Artwork .
by the way I can’t seem to pre order collector’s at gamestop. It hasn’t been updated .

Yes I did lol I wanted to be part of history in here xD.
awh, don’t think like that , but what about dlc in the future or updates for the game ?

Also, we can come back to give our “gamertag” so we all go to nyxus Mother Base and PARTY all night/day long! No cheating (phantom cigar) lol

Oh god when watching that video…and Kojima talking. It makes me definitely want to go and make twitter account now and kneel before
Kojima for giving us this best game ever and taking time to polish TPP
to perfection, even if billion fans were asking nonstop for release.

kirtanloorii

People, I posted the leaked video on the latest page. Go there before it’s gone.

Venom_Sina

Kojima:”With MGSV,I’m finally closing the loop on that saga.In that sense,this will be the last Metal Gear Solid.”

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